EP0 - What Do We Look For in a Video Game?

 

"People don't want Zelda 2, they want Zelda 1-Plus."

Our pilot episode! Come get to know us as we ask the question - What do you look for in a game? Meet your hosts Jorge, an Illustrator working on product design at Fangamer, and Kyle, an SFX artist working on video game statues and eSports trophies at Volpin Props. Together they discuss games as an art form and a culture. Topics can cover any aspect to help us appreciate video games new, retro, popular, or indie (but like, the weird indie not just the popular indie though we do that alot too). On todays episode we'll learn what attracts us to a new game, judge each other's steam wishlists, and figure out why it's so difficult to describe games without comparing them to other games. 

Kyle - Cute Monster Props

Jorge - JMV

Edited By David Pinckney

 

Topics and Things discussed:

 

EVO, Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8, Marvel Vs Capcom 2-3, Dragon Ball FighterZ, BlazBlue, Skullgirls, Guilty Gear Strive, DNF Duel, Melty Blood, League of Legends, Overwatch, Sothern Fried Gaming Expo, Arm Champs II, Battlezone, Manaco GP, Black Knight, Black Knight 2000, Pinbot, Bride of Pinbot.

1. What is Brainlords and who are your hosts? (0:15:11)

Gundam The Witch From Mercury, Fangamer, Volpin Props, Final Fantasy 1, The Yetee, Kirby Superstar.

2. What do you Look for in a game? (0:26:00)

Unicorn Overlord, Balatro, Milk Outside A Bag of Milk Outside A Bag of Milk Outside A Bag of Milk, Milk Inside A Bag of Milk Inside A Bag of Milk Inside A Bag of Milk, Umineko, Clickholding, Before Your Eyes, He F***ed the Girl Out of Me, Animal Well, Pepper Grinder

3. How Important is novelty when looking for a game? (0:32:50)

Theory of the Gimmick Aesthetic Judgment and Capitalist Form by Sianne Ngai, 1000xResist, Nier Automata, Signalis

4. When looking for a game, is there a distinction between modern and retro games? (0:39:20)

Pseudoregalia

5. Do you still try out new games blind? (0:44:55)

Lisa the Painful, Lisa the First, Shenmu, Cave Story, Yume Nikki, Alien Hominid, Super Meat Boy, RPG Maker VX Ace, Mega Man X, Mega Man Command Mission

6. Lets judge each other's taste based on our Steam Wishlists! (0:53:00)

Nine Sols, Hollow Knight, Detention, Devotion, Proto Droid Delta, Megaman Zero, The Making of Karateka, Half Life 2 Developer Commentary, Dumpy and Bumpy, Toxic Crusaders, Adventures of Lolo 1 2 &3, Void Stranger, Undertale, Lorelie and the Laser Eyes, Sayonara Wild Hearts, Asura the Striker, Space Harrier, Dread Delusion, Elder Scrolls 3 Morrowind, Kings Field, Va11 Hall-A, N1rvana, Doki Doki Literature Club, The House of Fata Morgana, AI The Somnium Files, Penitment, 999, 0.45 Parabelum Bloodhound

7. Closing Thoughts (1:16:40)

Zelda 2, A Link to the Past, Castlevania 2,

8. The Question Zone (1:2020)

"What was the last video game you regret buying and why?"

Little Kitty Big City, A Short Hike, Diablo 4, Nickelodeon All Star Brawl, Super Smash Bros Melee, Rivals of Aether 2

"Do you feel like you cant recommend games anymore without taking time out of a person's life?"

Disco Elysium, 13 Sentinels, Xenoblade, Severance, Demon Turf, Zone of the Enders, Penny's Big Breakaway, Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom.

9. Outro (1:35:00) 

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